TROVATO

Getting Noticed

Posted on November 25, 20182 Comments

The closer we get, the more people are noticing what we are doing. This past week we had some members of Cleburne City Council walk through. The local newspaper did a story on our transformation. And numerous people have been posting on Facebook our status.

Here is the link to the story.

https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/transformation/article_2b2d42b6-ef66-11e8-a7e8-fbddb1975e89.html

Finally we are going to be featured on Cleburne’s Annual Candlewalk Historic Tour of Homes hosted by Save Old Cleburne.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/candlewalk-historic-home-tour-2018-tickets-52434795886.

Now it’s a mad rush to get the building ready. Some photos of this week’s progress:

Sealing the brick upstairs.

Restoring an antique display rack. From what we have found, it was used to display small parts when the building was home to the American Dry Goods Store in the 1920’s. We are planning on using it as a coffee bar upstairs.

The chandelier in the closet. We just finished the brick and will be painting the walls and ceiling this week.

And finally our painter finished trimming the outside areas.

The end is in sight and we will be moving in before the end of the year. 2 1/2 years in the making!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 21, 2018Leave a comment

A view at sunset standing out our front door!!!!

Material Lift Finish Out

Posted on November 18, 2018Leave a comment

The Material lift is being finished out.

Here are the doors upstairs.They will be repainted white and the metal grating, in the middle of the doors, will be black.

We are still adding railing and wire cables. Once everything is installed, we will repaint everything black to match the original design.

And finally, the fire doors on the first floor leading into the Material Lift.

Lighting

Posted on November 18, 2018Leave a comment

This has been a significant week. We have electric and heat upstairs. They are still working on the HVAC units downstairs. They should have those completed the first part of this upcoming week.

Here is the chandelier above the Material Lift. We still need to clean it and add the crystals.

The lights above the kitchen island.

Here are the lights above the Camera Bar. It’s actually a Consolidated Lithograph Camera that we found during the demolition of the upstairs. The lights are a part of the camera and we had them installed above shining downward. Once everything is clean, we are going to add glass and place bar stools around it.

Our bathroom vanity lights. The mirrors will be added after painting. The vanity is an antique buffet from Austria that we found in Dallas. We cut holes and added the vessel sinks and faucets to make it a working sink.

The crystal chandelier in the closet. The electrician still needs to lower it. Also we left the plastic on it until we finish painting.

We also have a chandelier above the bed and when you first walk up the stairs. I’ll add more photos of them once they are cleaned and lowered.

Stay tuned for more finishing photos.

More Pictures

Posted on November 9, 20182 Comments

Here are some more pictures.

The outside stairs. They will be placing the HVAC cooling units underneith.

Our new floors. We still have to seal the brick. This will be a sitting area.

The original handrail going downstairs. These were from the original building. We stripped them down and will stain them once construction is complete.

The half wall along the stairs.

And finally another photo of the shower flooring.

Doors

Posted on November 4, 2018Leave a comment

I almost forgot, we have a new garage door and doors in front of the Material Lift.

New garage door outside

An inside view of the new garage door.

Our antique doors upstairs in front of the Material Lift

And the fire doors downstairs in front of the Material Lift.

Shower – Countertop – Stairs

Posted on November 4, 2018Leave a comment

It’s been two weeks since the last update. I’ve been traveling for work but a lot has happened at the building.

Our shower is coming along. It will be Slate tile on the shower head wall and River Rock on the floor. Finally there will be a glass separator wall once they complete all the tile work.

The outside stairs are almost complete.

And we had our stainless steel countertop installed. It was interesting getting it upstairs. It did not look that big in the drawings:) It was custom ordered from Sealtex in Dallas. They were very professional and did an incredible job!!!!!

https://www.sealtex.com

Finally we started the railing around the Material Lift.

This week will consist of the installation of the sprinkler systems, electrical, flooring, and the finish of the HVAC. They have about half of the flooring complete. Its manufactured hardwood and looks incredible!!!!!!!

Dry Wall Continues

Posted on October 21, 2018Leave a comment

The last two weeks have been about the same. Dry wall continues, electrical continues, and we continue to seal the brick.

Here is where we are so far.

The entrance to the bathrooms and janitor closet downstairs.

The commercial space rear exit door.

This is in back of the building where our garage area will be. Here are the fire doors leading into the material lift.

And the storage area next to the lift.

Here is the second floor, as soon as you come up the stairs. We are planning on using this as a sitting area for right now. They have started hanging the chandeliers. Once they are completed with the construction, we will add the crystals and lower them to the proper height..

The upstairs mechanical room and half bath.

The lights above our kitchen island. They should be installing the stainless steel counter top later this week. We covered the cabinets with plastic and cardboard to protect them while construction is going on.

The chandelier above our bed.

Our front door is getting ready to be installed.

Dry wall in the master bath where our vanity will be installed.

And finally the closet worthy of My Queen:) We are still sealing the brick. In this picture the brick is still wet. Under the chandelier there will be the round leather couch.

This upcoming week should be the finish of the drywall, outside staircase, countertops, and the electrical finish out.

Dry Wall

Posted on October 7, 2018Leave a comment

This has been an exciting week for the project. The week started with painting the rafters black.

The electrical and plumbing was completed and inspected so they could start hanging dry wall.

Here are the upstairs master bath, half bath, and closet areas.

The door to the closet.(The former dark room door when the building was a photography studio in the 60’s as far as we know.)

The downstairs bathrooms and janitors closet areas.

And our garage area in the back of the building.

And finally they poured the concrete next to the Otis Material Lift.

This upcoming week will be the remaining dry wall, electrical and plumbing finish outs, and the hanging of the lighting fixtures.

Getting Closer

Posted on September 30, 2018Leave a comment

We are getting closer. They finished painting the front and west sides of the building.

They started framing of the 2nd floor windows. When we installed the new windows they temporary installed them to dry in the building. Now they are finishing the installation.

HVAC continues downstairs.

And we started to seal the upstairs brick in the shower area.

Before

After

Finally framing is almost complete. Here is the rotating door to the closet. We salvaged it from the building when there was a photography business upstairs and they had a dark room door.